Configuring Virtual Port Channels

This chapter contains the following sections:

Information About vPCs

vPC Overview

A virtual port channel (vPC) allows links that are physically connected to two different Cisco Nexus devices or Cisco Nexus Fabric Extenders to appear as a single port channel by a third device (see the following figure). The third device can be a switch, server, or any other networking device. You can configure vPCs in topologies that include Cisco Nexus devices connected to Cisco Nexus Fabric Extenders. A vPC can provide multipathing, which allows you to create redundancy by enabling multiple parallel paths between nodes and load balancing traffic where alternative paths exist.

You configure the EtherChannels by using one of the following:

  • No protocol
  • Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP)

When you configure the EtherChannels in a vPC—including the vPC peer link channel—each switch can have up to 16 active links in a single EtherChannel.


Note

You must enable the vPC feature before you can configure or run the vPC functionality.

To enable the vPC functionality, you must create a peer-keepalive link and a peer-link under the vPC domain for the two vPC peer switches to provide the vPC functionality.

To create a vPC peer link you configure an EtherChannel on one Cisco Nexus device by using two or more Ethernet ports. On the other switch, you configure another EtherChannel again using two or more Ethernet ports. Connecting these two EtherChannels together creates a vPC peer link.


Note

We recommend that you configure the vPC peer-link EtherChannels as trunks.

The vPC domain includes both vPC peer devices, the vPC peer-keepalive link, the vPC peer link, and all of the EtherChannels in the vPC domain connected to the downstream device. You can have only one vPC domain ID on each vPC peer device.


Note

Always attach all vPC devices using EtherChannels to both vPC peer devices.

A vPC provides the following benefits:

  • Allows a single device to use an EtherChannel across two upstream devices
  • Eliminates Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) blocked ports
  • Provides a loop-free topology
  • Uses all available uplink bandwidth
  • Provides fast convergence if either the link or a switch fails
  • Provides link-level resiliency
  • Assures high availability

Terminology

vPC Terminology

The terminology used in vPCs is as follows:

  • vPC—combined EtherChannel between the vPC peer devices and the downstream device.

  • vPC peer device—One of a pair of devices that are connected with the special EtherChannel known as the vPC peer link.

  • vPC peer link—link used to synchronize states between the vPC peer devices.

  • vPC member port—Interfaces that belong to the vPCs.

  • vPC domain—domain that includes both vPC peer devices, the vPC peer-keepalive link, and all of the port channels in the vPC connected to the downstream devices. It is also associated to the configuration mode that you must use to assign vPC global parameters. The vPC domain ID must be the same on both switches.

  • vPC peer-keepalive link—The peer-keepalive link monitors the vitality of a vPC peer Cisco Nexus device. The peer-keepalive link sends configurable, periodic keepalive messages between vPC peer devices.

    No data or synchronization traffic moves over the vPC peer-keepalive link; the only traffic on this link is a message that indicates that the originating switch is operating and running vPCs.

Supported vPC Topologies

Cisco Nexus Device vPC Topology

vPC Domain

To create a vPC domain, you must first create a vPC domain ID on each vPC peer switch using a number from 1 to 1000. This ID must be the same on a set of vPC peer devices.

You can configure the EtherChannels and vPC peer links by using LACP or no protocol. When possible, we recommend that you use LACP on the peer-link, because LACP provides configuration checks against a configuration mismatch on the EtherChannel.

The vPC peer switches use the vPC domain ID that you configure to automatically assign a unique vPC system MAC address. Each vPC domain has a unique MAC address that is used as a unique identifier for the specific vPC-related operations, although the switches use the vPC system MAC addresses only for link-scope operations, such as LACP. We recommend that you create each vPC domain within the contiguous network with a unique domain ID. You can also configure a specific MAC address for the vPC domain, rather than having the Cisco NX-OS software assign the address.

The vPC peer switches use the vPC domain ID that you configure to automatically assign a unique vPC system MAC address. The switches use the vPC system MAC addresses only for link-scope operations, such as LACP or BPDUs. You can also configure a specific MAC address for the vPC domain.

We recommend that you configure the same VPC domain ID on both peers and, the domain ID should be unique in the network. For example, if there are two different VPCs (one in access and one in aggregation) then each vPC should have a unique domain ID.

After you create a vPC domain, the Cisco NX-OS software automatically creates a system priority for the vPC domain. You can also manually configure a specific system priority for the vPC domain.


Note

If you manually configure the system priority, you must ensure that you assign the same priority value on both vPC peer switches. If the vPC peer switches have different system priority values, the vPC will not come up.

Peer-Keepalive Link and Messages

The Cisco NX-OS software uses a peer-keepalive link between the vPC peers to transmit periodic, configurable keepalive messages. You must have Layer 3 connectivity between the peer switches to transmit these messages; the system cannot bring up the vPC peer link unless a peer-keepalive link is already up and running.

You can configure a hold-timeout and a timeout value simultaneously.

Hold-timeout value—The hold-timeout value range is between 3 to 10 seconds, with a default value of 3 seconds. This timer starts when the vPC peer link goes down. The purpose of the hold-timeout period is to prevent false-positive cases.

If you configure a hold-timeout value that is lower than the timeout value, then the vPC system ignores vPC peer-keepalive messages for the hold-timeout period and considers messages for the reminder of the timeout period. If no keepalive message is received for this period, the vPC secondary device takes over the role of the primary device. For example, if the hold-timeout value is 3 seconds and the timeout value is 5 seconds, for the first 3 seconds vPC keepalive messages are ignored (such as, when accommodating a supervisor failure for a few seconds after peer link failure) and keepalive messages are considered for the remaining timeout period of 2 seconds. After this period, the vPC secondary device takes over as the primary device, in case there is no keep alive message.

Timeout value—The timeout value range is between 3 to 20 seconds, with a default value of 5 seconds. This timer starts at the end of the hold-timeout interval. If you configure a timeout value that is lower than or equal to the hold-timeout value, then the timeout duration is initiated after the hold-timeout period. For example, if the timeout value is 3 seconds and the hold-timeout value is 5 seconds, the timeout period starts after 5 seconds.


Note

We recommend that you configure the vPC peer-keepalive link on the Cisco Nexus device to run in the management VRF using the mgmt 0 interfaces. If you configure the default VRF, ensure that the vPC peer link is not used to carry the vPC peer-keepalive messages.

Compatibility Parameters for vPC Peer Links

Many configuration and operational parameters must be identical on all interfaces in the vPC. After you enable the vPC feature and configure the peer link on both vPC peer switches, Cisco Fabric Services (CFS) messages provide a copy of the configuration on the local vPC peer switch configuration to the remote vPC peer switch. The system then determines whether any of the crucial configuration parameters differ on the two switches.

Enter the show vpc consistency-parameters command to display the configured values on all interfaces in the vPC. The displayed configurations are only those configurations that would limit the vPC peer link and vPC from coming up.

The compatibility check process for vPCs differs from the compatibility check for regular EtherChannels.

Configuration Parameters That Must Be Identical

The configuration parameters in this section must be configured identically on both switches at either end of the vPC peer link.


Note

You must ensure that all interfaces in the vPC have the identical operational and configuration parameters listed in this section.

Enter the show vpc consistency-parameters command to display the configured values on all interfaces in the vPC. The displayed configurations are only those configurations that would limit the vPC peer link and vPC from coming up.

The switch automatically checks for compatibility of these parameters on the vPC interfaces. The per-interface parameters must be consistent per interface, and the global parameters must be consistent globally.

  • Port-channel mode: on, off, or active
  • Link speed per channel
  • Duplex mode per channel
  • Trunk mode per channel:
    • Native VLAN
    • VLANs allowed on trunk
    • Tagging of native VLAN traffic
  • Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) mode
  • STP region configuration for Multiple Spanning Tree (MST)
  • Enable or disable state per VLAN
  • STP global settings:
    • Bridge Assurance setting
    • Port type setting—We recommend that you set all vPC interfaces as normal ports
    • Loop Guard settings
  • STP interface settings:
    • Port type setting
    • Loop Guard
    • Root Guard

If any of these parameters are not enabled or defined on either switch, the vPC consistency check ignores those parameters.


Note

To ensure that none of the vPC interfaces are in the suspend mode, enter the show vpc brief and show vpc consistency-parameters commands and check the syslog messages.

Configuration Parameters That Should Be Identical

When any of the following parameters are not configured identically on both vPC peer switches, a misconfiguration might cause undesirable behavior in the traffic flow:

  • MAC aging timers
  • Static MAC entries
  • VLAN interface—Each switch on the end of the vPC peer link must have a VLAN interface configured for the same VLAN on both ends and they must be in the same administrative and operational mode. Those VLANs configured on only one switch of the peer link do not pass traffic using the vPC or peer link. You must create all VLANs on both the primary and secondary vPC switches, or the VLAN will be suspended.
  • Private VLAN configuration
  • All ACL configurations and parameters
  • Quality of service (QoS) configuration and parameters—Local parameters; global parameters must be identical
  • STP interface settings:
    • BPDU Filter
    • BPDU Guard
    • Cost
    • Link type
    • Priority
    • VLANs (Rapid PVST+)

To ensure that all the configuration parameters are compatible, we recommend that you display the configurations for each vPC peer switch once you configure the vPC.

vPC Peer Links

A vPC peer link is the link that is used to synchronize the states between the vPC peer devices.


Note

You must configure the peer-keepalive link before you configure the vPC peer link or the peer link will not come up.

vPC Peer Link Overview

You can have only two switches as vPC peers; each switch can serve as a vPC peer to only one other vPC peer. The vPC peer switches can also have non-vPC links to other switches.

To make a valid configuration, you configure an EtherChannel on each switch and then configure the vPC domain. You assign the EtherChannel on each switch as a peer link. For redundancy, we recommend that you should configure at least two dedicated ports into the EtherChannel; if one of the interfaces in the vPC peer link fails, the switch automatically falls back to use another interface in the peer link.


Note

We recommend that you configure the EtherChannels in trunk mode.

Many operational parameters and configuration parameters must be the same in each switch connected by a vPC peer link. Because each switch is completely independent on the management plane, you must ensure that the switches are compatible on the critical parameters. vPC peer switches have separate control planes. After configuring the vPC peer link, you should display the configuration on each vPC peer switch to ensure that the configurations are compatible.


Note

You must ensure that the two switches connected by the vPC peer link have certain identical operational and configuration parameters.

When you configure the vPC peer link, the vPC peer switches negotiate that one of the connected switches is the primary switch and the other connected switch is the secondary switch. By default, the Cisco NX-OS software uses the lowest MAC address to elect the primary switch. The software takes different actions on each switch—that is, the primary and secondary—only in certain failover conditions. If the primary switch fails, the secondary switch becomes the operational primary switch when the system recovers, and the previously primary switch is now the secondary switch.

You can also configure which of the vPC switches is the primary switch. If you want to configure the role priority again to make one vPC switch the primary switch, configure the role priority on both the primary and secondary vPC switches with the appropriate values, shut down the EtherChannel that is the vPC peer link on both switches by entering the shutdown command, and reenable the EtherChannel on both switches by entering the no shutdown command.

MAC addresses that are learned over vPC links are also synchronized between the peers.

Configuration information flows across the vPC peer links using the Cisco Fabric Services over Ethernet (CFSoE) protocol. All MAC addresses for those VLANs configured on both switches are synchronized between vPC peer switches. The software uses CFSoE for this synchronization.

If the vPC peer link fails, the software checks the status of the remote vPC peer switch using the peer-keepalive link, which is a link between vPC peer switches, to ensure that both switches are up. If the vPC peer switch is up, the secondary vPC switch disables all vPC ports on its switch. The data then forwards down the remaining active links of the EtherChannel.

The software learns of a vPC peer switch failure when the keepalive messages are not returned over the peer-keepalive link.

Use a separate link (vPC peer-keepalive link) to send configurable keepalive messages between the vPC peer switches. The keepalive messages on the vPC peer-keepalive link determines whether a failure is on the vPC peer link only or on the vPC peer switch. The keepalive messages are used only when all the links in the peer link fail.

vPC Number

Once you have created the vPC domain ID and the vPC peer link, you can create EtherChannels to attach the downstream switch to each vPC peer switch. That is, you create one single EtherChannel on the downstream switch with half of the ports to the primary vPC peer switch and the other half of the ports to the secondary peer switch.

On each vPC peer switch, you assign the same vPC number to the EtherChannel that connects to the downstream switch. You will experience minimal traffic disruption when you are creating vPCs. To simplify the configuration, you can assign the vPC ID number for each EtherChannel to be the same as the EtherChannel itself (that is, vPC ID 10 for EtherChannel 10).


Note

The vPC number that you assign to the EtherChannel that connects to the downstream switch from the vPC peer switch must be identical on both vPC peer switches.

vPC Interactions with Other Features

Configuring vPC Peer Links and Links to the Core

Configure the command line interface by using a track object and a track list that is associated with the Layer 3 link to the core and on all vPC peer links on both vPC peer devices. You use this configuration to avoid dropping traffic if that particular module goes down because when all the tracked objects on the track list go down, the system does the following:

  • Stops the vPC primary peer device sending peer-keepalive messages which forces the vPC secondary peer device to take over.

  • Brings down all the downstream vPCs on that vPC peer device, which forces all the traffic to be rerouted in the access switch toward the other vPC peer device.

Once you configure this feature and if the module fails, the system automatically suspends all the vPC links on the primary vPC peer device and stops the peer-keepalive messages. This action forces the vPC secondary device to take over the primary role and all the vPC traffic to go to this new vPC primary device until the system stabilizes.

Create a track list that contains all the links to the core and all the vPC peer links as its object. Enable tracking for the specified vPC domain for this track list. Apply this same configuration to the other vPC peer device.

Before You Begin

To configure a track list to switch over vPC to the remote peer when all related interfaces fail:

SUMMARY STEPS

    1.    switch# configure terminal

    2.    switch(config)# interface type slot/port

    3.    switch(config-if)# track track-id interface type slot/port line-protocol

    4.    switch(config-track)# track track-id interface type slot/port line-protocol

    5.    switch(config)# track track-id interface port-channel port line-protocol

    6.    switch(config)# track track-id list boolean [OR | AND]

    7.    switch(config-track)# object number

    8.    switch(config-track)# end

    9.    switch(config)# vpc domain domain-id

    10.    switch(config-vpc-domain)# track number

    11.    (Optional) switch(config)# show vpc brief

    12.    (Optional) switch(config)# copy running-config startup-config


DETAILED STEPS
     Command or ActionPurpose
    Step 1switch# configure terminal  

    Enters global configuration mode.

     
    Step 2switch(config)# interface type slot/port 

    Enters interface configuration mode.

     
    Step 3switch(config-if)# track track-id interface type slot/port line-protocol 

    Configures the track objects on an interface (Layer 3 to core).

     
    Step 4switch(config-track)# track track-id interface type slot/port line-protocol 

    Tracks the objects on an interface (Layer 3 to core).

     
    Step 5switch(config)# track track-id interface port-channel port line-protocol 

    Configures the track objects on a port channel (vPC peer link).

     
    Step 6switch(config)# track track-id list boolean [OR | AND] 

    Creates a track list that contains all the interfaces in the track list using the Boolean OR to trigger when all the objects fail. or trigger a switchover when any core interface or peer-link goes down using Boolean AND.

     
    Step 7switch(config-track)# object number 

    Specifiecs the object number.

     
    Step 8switch(config-track)# end  

    Exits track configuration mode.

     
    Step 9switch(config)# vpc domain domain-id 

    Enters vPC domain configuration.

     
    Step 10switch(config-vpc-domain)# track number 

    Adds the track object to the vPC domain.

     
    Step 11switch(config)# show vpc brief  (Optional)

    Displays the track object.

     
    Step 12switch(config)# copy running-config startup-config   (Optional)

    Saves the change persistently through reboots and restarts by copying the running configuration to the startup configuration.

     

    This example shows how to configure a track list to trigger when all the objects fail using Boolean OR:

    switch# configure terminal
switch(config)# interface ethernet 8/35
switch(config-if)# track 35 interface ethernet 8/35 line-protocol
switch(config-track)# track 23 interface ethernet 8/33 line-protocol
switch(config)# track 55 interface port-channel 100 line-protocol
switch(config)# track 44 list boolean OR
switch(config-track)# object 23
switch(config-track)# object 35
switch(config-track)# object 55
switch(config-track)# end
switch(config)# vpc domain 1
switch(config-vpc-domain)# track 44
switch(config)# copy running-config startup-config

    vPC and LACP

    The Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) uses the system MAC address of the vPC domain to form the LACP Aggregation Group (LAG) ID for the vPC.

    You can use LACP on all the vPC EtherChannels, including those channels from the downstream switch. We recommend that you configure LACP with active mode on the interfaces on each EtherChannel on the vPC peer switches. This configuration allows you to more easily detect compatibility between switches, unidirectional links, and multihop connections, and provides dynamic reaction to run-time changes and link failures.

    The vPC peer link supports 16 EtherChannel interfaces.


    Note

    When you manually configure the system priority, you must ensure that you assign the same priority value on both vPC peer switches. If the vPC peer switches have different system priority values, vPC does not come up.

    vPC Peer Links and STP

    When you first bring up the vPC functionality, STP reconverges. STP treats the vPC peer link as a special link and always includes the vPC peer link in the STP active topology.

    We recommend that you set all the vPC peer link interfaces to the STP network port type so that Bridge Assurance is automatically enabled on all vPC peer links. We also recommend that you do not enable any of the STP enhancement features on VPC peer links.

    You must configure a list of parameters to be identical on the vPC peer switches on both sides of the vPC peer link.

    STP is distributed; that is, the protocol continues running on both vPC peer switches. However, the configuration on the vPC peer switch elected as the primary switch controls the STP process for the vPC interfaces on the secondary vPC peer switch.

    The primary vPC switch synchronizes the STP state on the vPC secondary peer switch using Cisco Fabric Services over Ethernet (CFSoE).

    The vPC manager performs a proposal/handshake agreement between the vPC peer switches that sets the primary and secondary switches and coordinates the two switches for STP. The primary vPC peer switch then controls the STP protocol for vPC interfaces on both the primary and secondary switches.

    The Bridge Protocol Data Units (BPDUs) use the MAC address set for the vPC for the STP bridge ID in the designated bridge ID field. The vPC primary switch sends these BPDUs on the vPC interfaces.


    Note

    Display the configuration on both sides of the vPC peer link to ensure that the settings are identical. Use the show spanning-tree command to display information about the vPC.

    vPC and ARP

    Table synchronization across vPC peers is managed in Cisco NX-OS using the reliable transport mechanism of the Cisco Fabric Services over Ethernet (CFSoE) protocol. To support faster convergence of address tables between the vPC peers, the ip arp synchronize command must be enabled. This convergence is designed to overcome the delay involved in ARP table restoration when the peer-link port channel flaps or when a vPC peer comes back online.

    To improve performance, we recommend that you turn on the ARP sync feature. By default, it is not enabled.

    To check whether or not ARP sync is enabled, enter the following command:

    switch# show running

    To enable ARP sync, enter the following command:

    switch(config-vpc-domain) # ip arp synchronize

    CFSoE

    The Cisco Fabric Services over Ethernet (CFSoE) is a reliable state transport mechanism that you can use to synchronize the actions of the vPC peer devices. CFSoE carries messages and packets for many features linked with vPC, such as STP and IGMP. Information is carried in CFS/CFSoE protocol data units (PDUs).

    When you enable the vPC feature, the device automatically enables CFSoE, and you do not have to configure anything. CFSoE distributions for vPCs do not need the capabilities to distribute over IP or the CFS regions. You do not need to configure anything for the CFSoE feature to work correctly on vPCs.

    You can use the show mac address-table command to display the MAC addresses that CFSoE synchronizes for the vPC peer link.


    Note

    Do not enter the no cfs eth distribute or the no cfs distribute command. CFSoE must be enabled for vPC functionality. If you do enter either of these commands when vPC is enabled, the system displays an error message.

    When you enter the show cfs application command, the output displays "Physical-eth," which shows the applications that are using CFSoE.

    vPC Peer Switch

    The vPC peer switch feature addresses performance concerns around STP convergence. This feature allows a pair of Cisco Nexus devices to appear as a single STP root in the Layer 2 topology. This feature eliminates the need to pin the STP root to the vPC primary switch and improves vPC convergence if the vPC primary switch fails.

    To avoid loops, the vPC peer link is excluded from the STP computation. In vPC peer switch mode, STP BPDUs are sent from both vPC peer devices to avoid issues related to STP BPDU timeout on the downstream switches, which can cause traffic disruption.

    This feature can be used with the pure peer switch topology in which the devices all belong to the vPC.


    Note

    Peer-switch feature is supported on networks that use vPC and STP-based redundancy is not supported. If the vPC peer-link fail in a hybrid peer-switch configuration, you can lose traffic. In this scenario, the vPC peers use the same STP root ID as well same bridge ID. The access switch traffic is split in two with half going to the first vPC peer and the other half to the second vPC peer. With the peer link failed, there is no impact on north/south traffic but east-west traffic will be lost (black-holed).

    For information on STP enhancement features and Rapid PVST+, see the Layer 2 Switching Configuration Guide for your device.

    Guidelines and Limitations for vPCs

    vPC has the following configuration guidelines and limitations:

    • You must enable the vPC feature before you can configure vPC peer-link and vPC interfaces.

    • You must configure the peer-keepalive link before the system can form the vPC peer link.

    • The vPC peer-link needs to be formed using a minimum of two 10-Gigabit Ethernet interfaces.

    • Only port channels can be in vPCs. A vPC can be configured on a normal port channel (switch-to-switch vPC topology) and on a port channel host interface (host interface vPC topology).

    • You must configure both vPC peer switches; the configuration is not automatically synchronized between the vPC peer devices.

    • Check that the necessary configuration parameters are compatible on both sides of the vPC peer link.

    • You may experience minimal traffic disruption while configuring vPCs.

    • When the peer-switch command is configured and vPC keepalive messages exchanged through an SVI instead of a management interface, additional Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) configuration is required. STP needs to be disabled on the dedicated link that carries the keepalive traffic between the vPC peers. You can disable STP on the dedicated link by configuring STP BPDUfilter on the both ends of the dedicated link. We recommend that the VLAN of the vPC keepalive SVI be allowed on only the interconnecting dedicated link and disallowed on all other links, including the peer link.

    • You cannot have a link for non-vPC traffic in parallel with a vPC topology. This can cause errors with the traffic forwarding logic resulting in duplicate or missed packets.

    • You cannot configure non-vPC interfaces across host ports on two different FEXs.

    Configuring vPCs

    Enabling vPCs

    You must enable the vPC feature before you can configure and use vPCs.

    SUMMARY STEPS

      1.    switch# configure terminal

      2.    switch(config)# feature vpc

      3.    (Optional) switch# show feature

      4.    (Optional) switch# copy running-config startup-config


    DETAILED STEPS
       Command or ActionPurpose
      Step 1 switch# configure terminal
       

      Enters global configuration mode.

       
      Step 2 switch(config)# feature vpc
       

      Enables vPCs on the switch.

       
      Step 3 switch# show feature
              		(Optional)

      Displays which features are enabled on the switch.

       
      Step 4 switch# copy running-config startup-config
              		(Optional)

      Copies the running configuration to the startup configuration.

       

      This example shows how to enable the vPC feature: 

      switch# configure terminal
switch(config)# feature vpc

      Disabling vPCs

      You can disable the vPC feature.


      Note

      When you disable the vPC feature, the Cisco Nexus device clears all the vPC configurations.

      SUMMARY STEPS

        1.    switch# configure terminal

        2.    switch(config)# no feature vpc

        3.    (Optional) switch# show feature

        4.    (Optional) switch# copy running-config startup-config


      DETAILED STEPS
         Command or ActionPurpose
        Step 1 switch# configure terminal
         

        Enters global configuration mode.

         
        Step 2 switch(config)# no feature vpc
         

        Disables vPCs on the switch.

         
        Step 3 switch# show feature
                  		(Optional)

        Displays which features are enabled on the switch.

         
        Step 4 switch# copy running-config startup-config
                  		(Optional)

        Copies the running configuration to the startup configuration.

         

        This example shows how to disable the vPC feature: 

        switch# configure terminal
switch(config)# no feature vpc

        Creating a vPC Domain

        You must create identical vPC domain IDs on both the vPC peer devices. This domain ID is used to automatically form the vPC system MAC address.

        Before You Begin

        Ensure that you have enabled the vPC feature.

        You must configure both switches on either side of the vPC peer link.

        SUMMARY STEPS

          1.    switch# configure terminal

          2.    switch(config)# vpc domain domain-id

          3.    (Optional) switch# show vpc brief

          4.    (Optional) switch# copy running-config startup-config


        DETAILED STEPS
           Command or ActionPurpose
          Step 1 switch# configure terminal
           

          Enters global configuration mode.

           
          Step 2 switch(config)# vpc domain domain-id
           

          Creates a vPC domain on the switch, and enters the vpc-domain configuration mode. There is no default domain-id ; the range is from 1 to 1000.

          Note   

          You can also use the vpc domain command to enter the vpc-domain configuration mode for an existing vPC domain.

           
          Step 3 switch# show vpc brief
                      		(Optional)

          Displays brief information about each vPC domain.

           
          Step 4 switch# copy running-config startup-config
                      		(Optional)

          Copies the running configuration to the startup configuration.

           

          This example shows how to create a vPC domain: 

          switch# configure terminal
switch(config)# vpc domain 5

          Configuring a vPC Keepalive Link and Messages

          You can configure the destination IP for the peer-keepalive link that carries the keepalive messages. Optionally, you can configure other parameters for the keepalive messages.

          The Cisco NX-OS software uses the peer-keepalive link between the vPC peers to transmit periodic, configurable keepalive messages. You must have Layer 3 connectivity between the peer devices to transmit these messages. The system cannot bring up the vPC peer link unless the peer-keepalive link is already up and running.

          Ensure that both the source and destination IP addresses used for the peer-keepalive message are unique in your network and these IP addresses are reachable from the Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF) instance associated with the vPC peer-keepalive link.


          Note

          We recommend that you configure a separate VRF instance and put a Layer 3 port from each vPC peer switch into that VRF instance for the vPC peer-keepalive link. Do not use the peer link itself to send vPC peer-keepalive messages.

          Before You Begin

          Ensure that you have enabled the vPC feature.

          You must configure the vPC peer-keepalive link before the system can form the vPC peer link.

          You must configure both switches on either side of the vPC peer link.

          SUMMARY STEPS

            1.    switch# configure terminal

            2.    switch(config)# vpc domain domain-id

            3.    switch(config-vpc-domain)# peer-keepalive destination ipaddress [hold-timeout secs | interval msecs {timeout secs} | precedence {prec-value | network | internet | critical | flash-override | flash | immediate priority | routine} | tos {tos-value | max-reliability | max-throughput | min-delay | min-monetary-cost | normal} | tos-byte tos-byte-value} | source ipaddress | vrf {name | management vpc-keepalive}]

            4.    (Optional) switch(config-vpc-domain)# vpc peer-keepalive destination ipaddress source ipaddress

            5.    (Optional) switch# show vpc peer-keepalive

            6.    (Optional) switch# copy running-config startup-config


          DETAILED STEPS
             Command or ActionPurpose
            Step 1 switch# configure terminal
             

            Enters global configuration mode.

             
            Step 2 switch(config)# vpc domain domain-id
             

            Creates a vPC domain on the switch if it does not already exist, and enters the vpc-domain configuration mode.

             
            Step 3 switch(config-vpc-domain)# peer-keepalive destination ipaddress [hold-timeout secs | interval msecs {timeout secs} | precedence {prec-value | network | internet | critical | flash-override | flash | immediate priority | routine} | tos {tos-value | max-reliability | max-throughput | min-delay | min-monetary-cost | normal} | tos-byte tos-byte-value} | source ipaddress | vrf {name | management vpc-keepalive}]
             

            Configures the IPv4 address for the remote end of the vPC peer-keepalive link.

            Note   

            The system does not form the vPC peer link until you configure a vPC peer-keepalive link.

            The management ports and VRF are the defaults.

             
            Step 4 switch(config-vpc-domain)# vpc peer-keepalive destination ipaddress source ipaddress
                          		(Optional)

            Configures a separate VRF instance and puts a Layer 3 port from each vPC peer device into that VRF for the vPC peer-keepalive link.

             
            Step 5 switch# show vpc peer-keepalive
                          		(Optional)

            Displays information about the configuration for the keepalive messages.

             
            Step 6 switch# copy running-config startup-config
                          		(Optional)

            Copies the running configuration to the startup configuration.

             

            This example shows how to configure the destination IP address for the vPC-peer-keepalive link: 

            switch# configure terminal
switch(config)# vpc domain 5
switch(config-vpc-domain)# peer-keepalive destination 10.10.10.42

            This example shows how to set up the peer keepalive link connection between the primary and secondary vPC device:

            switch(config)# vpc domain 100
switch(config-vpc-domain)# peer-keepalive destination 192.168.2.2 source 192.168.2.1
Note:--------:: Management VRF will be used as the default VRF ::--------
switch(config-vpc-domain)#

            This example shows how to create a separate VRF named vpc_keepalive for the vPC keepalive link and how to verify the new VRF:

            vrf context vpc_keepalive
interface Ethernet1/31
  switchport access vlan 123
interface Vlan123
  vrf member vpc_keepalive
  ip address 123.1.1.2/30
  no shutdown
vpc domain 1
  peer-keepalive destination 123.1.1.1 source 123.1.1.2 vrf 
vpc_keepalive

L3-NEXUS-2# show vpc peer-keepalive 

vPC keep-alive status           : peer is alive                 
--Peer is alive for             : (154477) seconds, (908) msec
--Send status                   : Success 
--Last send at                  : 2011.01.14 19:02:50 100 ms
--Sent on interface             : Vlan123
--Receive status                : Success
--Last receive at               : 2011.01.14 19:02:50 103 ms
--Received on interface         : Vlan123
--Last update from peer         : (0) seconds, (524) msec

vPC Keep-alive parameters
--Destination                   : 123.1.1.1
--Keepalive interval            : 1000 msec
--Keepalive timeout             : 5 seconds
--Keepalive hold timeout        : 3 seconds
--Keepalive vrf                 : vpc_keepalive
--Keepalive udp port            : 3200
--Keepalive tos                 : 192

The services provided by the switch , such as ping, ssh, telnet, 
radius, are VRF aware. The VRF name need to be configured or 
specified in order for the correct routing table to be used.
L3-NEXUS-2# ping 123.1.1.1 vrf vpc_keepalive 
PING 123.1.1.1 (123.1.1.1): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 123.1.1.1: icmp_seq=0 ttl=254 time=3.234 ms
64 bytes from 123.1.1.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=254 time=4.931 ms
64 bytes from 123.1.1.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=254 time=4.965 ms
64 bytes from 123.1.1.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=254 time=4.971 ms
64 bytes from 123.1.1.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=254 time=4.915 ms

--- 123.1.1.1 ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 5 packets received, 0.00% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max = 3.234/4.603/4.971 ms

            Creating a vPC Peer Link

            You can create a vPC peer link by designating the EtherChannel that you want on each switch as the peer link for the specified vPC domain. We recommend that you configure the EtherChannels that you are designating as the vPC peer link in trunk mode and that you use two ports on separate modules on each vPC peer switch for redundancy.

            Before You Begin

            Ensure that you have enabled the vPC feature.

            You must configure both switches on either side of the vPC peer link

            SUMMARY STEPS

              1.    switch# configure terminal

              2.    switch(config)# interface port-channel channel-number

              3.    switch(config-if)# vpc peer-link

              4.    (Optional) switch# show vpc brief

              5.    (Optional) switch# copy running-config startup-config


            DETAILED STEPS
               Command or ActionPurpose
              Step 1 switch# configure terminal
               

              Enters global configuration mode.

               
              Step 2 switch(config)# interface port-channel channel-number
               

              Selects the EtherChannel that you want to use as the vPC peer link for this switch, and enters the interface configuration mode.

               
              Step 3 switch(config-if)# vpc peer-link
               

              Configures the selected EtherChannel as the vPC peer link, and enters the vpc-domain configuration mode.

               
              Step 4 switch# show vpc brief
                              		(Optional)

              Displays information about each vPC, including information about the vPC peer link.

               
              Step 5 switch# copy running-config startup-config
                              		(Optional)

              Copies the running configuration to the startup configuration.

               

              This example shows how to configure a vPC peer link: 

              switch# configure terminal
switch(config)# interface port-channel 20
switch(config-if)# vpc peer-link

              Checking the Configuration Compatibility

              After you have configured the vPC peer link on both vPC peer switches, check that the configurations are consistent on all vPC interfaces.


              Note
              The following QoS parameters support Type 2 consistency checks:

              • Network QoS—MTU and Pause

              • Input Queuing —Bandwidth and Absolute Priority

              • Output Queuing—Bandwidth and Absolute Priority

              In the case of a Type 2 mismatch, the vPC is not suspended. Type 1 mismatches suspend the vPC.

              Command or Action

              Purpose
              switch# show vpc consistency-parameters {global | interface port-channel channel-number}

              Displays the status of those parameters that must be consistent across all vPC interfaces.

              This example shows how to check that the required configurations are compatible across all the vPC interfaces: 
              switch# show vpc consistency-parameters global
     Legend:
         Type 1 : vPC will be suspended in case of mismatch
Name                        Type  Local Value            Peer Value 

------------- ----  ---------------------- -----------------------
QoS                         2     ([], [], [], [], [],   ([], [], [], [], [],
                                   [])                    []) 

Network QoS (MTU)           2     (1538, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)  (1538, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
Network Qos (Pause)         2     (F, F, F, F, F, F)     (1538, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
Input Queuing (Bandwidth)   2     (100, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)   (100, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
Input Queuing (Absolute     2     (F, F, F, F, F, F)     (100, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
Priority) 
Output Queuing (Bandwidth)  2     (100, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)   (100, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
Output Queuing (Absolute    2     (F, F, F, F, F, F)     (100, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0)
Priority) 
STP Mode                    1     Rapid-PVST             Rapid-PVST 
STP Disabled                1     None                   None 
STP MST Region Name         1     ""                     "" 
STP MST Region Revision     1     0                      0 
STP MST Region Instance to  1 
  VLAN Mapping 

STP Loopguard               1     Disabled               Disabled 
STP Bridge Assurance        1     Enabled                Enabled 
STP Port Type, Edge         1     Normal, Disabled,      Normal, Disabled,
BPDUFilter, Edge BPDUGuard        Disabled               Disabled 
STP MST Simulate PVST       1     Enabled                Enabled 
Allowed VLANs               -     1,624                  1 
Local suspended VLANs       -     624                    - 
switch#

              Moving Other Port Channels into a vPC

              Before You Begin

              Ensure that you have enabled the vPC feature.

              You must configure both switches on either side of the vPC peer link with the following procedure.

              SUMMARY STEPS

                1.    switch# configure terminal

                2.    switch(config)# interface port-channel channel-number

                3.    switch(config-if)# vpc number

                4.    (Optional) switch# show vpc brief

                5.    (Optional) switch# copy running-config startup-config


              DETAILED STEPS
                 Command or ActionPurpose
                Step 1 switch# configure terminal
                 

                Enters global configuration mode.

                 
                Step 2 switch(config)# interface port-channel channel-number
                 

                Selects the port channel that you want to put into the vPC to connect to the downstream switch, and enters interface configuration mode.

                Note   

                A vPC can be configured on a normal port channel (physical vPC topology) and on a port channel host interface (host interface vPC topology)

                 
                Step 3 switch(config-if)# vpc number
                 

                Configures the selected port channel into the vPC to connect to the downstream switch. The range is from 1 to 4096.

                The vPC number that you assign to the port channel that connects to the downstream switch from the vPC peer switch must be identical on both vPC peer switches.

                 
                Step 4 switch# show vpc brief
                                  		(Optional)

                Displays information about each vPC.

                 
                Step 5 switch# copy running-config startup-config
                                  		(Optional)

                Copies the running configuration to the startup configuration.

                 

                This example shows how to configure a port channel that will connect to the downstream device: 

                switch# configure terminal
                switch(config)# interface port-channel 20
                switch(config-if)# vpc 5

                Manually Configuring a vPC Domain MAC Address


                Note

                Configuring the system address is an optional configuration step.

                Before You Begin

                Ensure that you have enabled the vPC feature.

                You must configure both switches on either side of the vPC peer link.

                SUMMARY STEPS

                  1.    switch# configure terminal

                  2.    switch(config)# vpc domain domain-id

                  3.    switch(config-vpc-domain)# system-mac mac-address

                  4.    (Optional) switch# show vpc role

                  5.    (Optional) switch# copy running-config startup-config


                DETAILED STEPS
                   Command or ActionPurpose
                  Step 1 switch# configure terminal
                   

                  Enters global configuration mode.

                   
                  Step 2 switch(config)# vpc domain domain-id
                   

                  Selects an existing vPC domain on the switch, or creates a new vPC domain, and enters the vpc-domain configuration mode. There is no default domain-id; the range is from 1 to 1000.

                   
                  Step 3 switch(config-vpc-domain)# system-mac mac-address
                   

                  Enters the MAC address that you want for the specified vPC domain in the following format: aaaa.bbbb.cccc.

                   
                  Step 4 switch# show vpc role
                                      		(Optional)

                  Displays the vPC system MAC address.

                   
                  Step 5 switch# copy running-config startup-config
                                      		(Optional)

                  Copies the running configuration to the startup configuration.

                   

                  This example shows how to configure a vPC domain MAC address: 

                  switch# configure terminal
                  switch(config)# vpc domain 5
                  switch(config-if)# system-mac 23fb.4ab5.4c4e

                  Manually Configuring the System Priority

                  When you create a vPC domain, the system automatically creates a vPC system priority. However, you can also manually configure a system priority for the vPC domain.

                  Before You Begin

                  Ensure that you have enabled the vPC feature.

                  You must configure both switches on either side of the vPC peer link.

                  SUMMARY STEPS

                    1.    switch# configure terminal

                    2.    switch(config)# vpc domain domain-id

                    3.    switch(config-vpc-domain)# system-priority priority

                    4.    (Optional) switch# show vpc brief

                    5.    (Optional) switch# copy running-config startup-config


                  DETAILED STEPS
                     Command or ActionPurpose
                    Step 1 switch# configure terminal
                     

                    Enters global configuration mode.

                     
                    Step 2 switch(config)# vpc domain domain-id
                     

                    Selects an existing vPC domain on the switch, or creates a new vPC domain, and enters the vpc-domain configuration mode. There is no default domain-id; the range is from 1 to 1000.

                     
                    Step 3 switch(config-vpc-domain)# system-priority priority
                     

                    Enters the system priority that you want for the specified vPC domain. The range of values is from 1 to 65535. The default value is 32667.

                     
                    Step 4 switch# show vpc brief
                                          		(Optional)

                    Displays information about each vPC, including information about the vPC peer link.

                     
                    Step 5 switch# copy running-config startup-config
                                          		(Optional)

                    Copies the running configuration to the startup configuration.

                     

                    This example shows how to configure a vPC peer link: 

                    switch# configure terminal
                    switch(config)# vpc domain 5
                    switch(config-if)# system-priority 4000

                    Manually Configuring a vPC Peer Switch Role

                    By default, the Cisco NX-OS software elects a primary and secondary vPC peer switch after you configure the vPC domain and both sides of the vPC peer link. However, you may want to elect a specific vPC peer switch as the primary switch for the vPC. Then, you would manually configure the role value for the vPC peer switch that you want as the primary switch to be lower than the other vPC peer switch.

                    vPC does not support role preemption. If the primary vPC peer switch fails, the secondary vPC peer switch takes over to become operationally the vPC primary switch. However, the original operational roles are not restored when the formerly primary vPC comes up again.

                    Before You Begin

                    Ensure that you have enabled the vPC feature.

                    You must configure both switches on either side of the vPC peer link.

                    SUMMARY STEPS

                      1.    switch# configure terminal

                      2.    switch(config)# vpc domain domain-id

                      3.    switch(config-vpc-domain)# role priority priority

                      4.    (Optional) switch# show vpc brief

                      5.    (Optional) switch# copy running-config startup-config


                    DETAILED STEPS
                       Command or ActionPurpose
                      Step 1 switch# configure terminal
                       

                      Enters global configuration mode.

                       
                      Step 2 switch(config)# vpc domain domain-id
                       

                      Selects an existing vPC domain on the switch, or creates a new vPC domain, and enters the vpc-domain configuration mode. There is no default domain-id; the range is from 1 to 1000.

                       
                      Step 3 switch(config-vpc-domain)# role priority priority
                       

                      Enters the role priority that you want for the vPC system priority. The range of values is from 1 to 65535. The default value is 32667.

                       
                      Step 4 switch# show vpc brief
                                              		(Optional)

                      Displays information about each vPC, including information about the vPC peer link.

                       
                      Step 5 switch# copy running-config startup-config
                                              		(Optional)

                      Copies the running configuration to the startup configuration.

                       

                      This example shows how to configure a vPC peer link: 

                      switch# configure terminal
                      switch(config)# vpc domain 5
                      switch(config-if)# role priority 4000

                      Configuring the vPC Peer Switch

                      Configuring a Pure vPC Peer Switch Topology

                      You can configure a pure vPC peer switch topology using the peer-switch command and then you set the best possible (lowest) spanning tree bridge priority value.

                      Note

                      The values you apply for the spanning tree priority must be identical on both vPC peers.

                      Before You Begin

                      Ensure that you have enabled the vPC feature.

                      SUMMARY STEPS

                        1.    switch# configure terminal

                        2.    switch(config)# vpc domain domain-id

                        3.    switch(config-vpc-domain)# peer-switch

                        4.    switch(config-vpc-domain)# spanning-tree vlan vlan-range priority value

                        5.    switch(config-vpn-domain)# exit

                        6.    (Optional) switch(config)# show spanning-tree summary

                        7.    (Optional) switch(config)# copy running-config startup-config


                      DETAILED STEPS
                         Command or ActionPurpose
                        Step 1switch# configure terminal  

                        Enters global configuration mode.

                         
                        Step 2switch(config)# vpc domain domain-id 

                        Enters the vPC domain number that you want to configure. The system enters the vpc-domain configuration mode.

                         
                        Step 3switch(config-vpc-domain)# peer-switch 

                        Enables the vPC switch pair to appear as a single STP root in the Layer 2 topology.

                        Use the no form of the command to disable the peer switch vPC topology.

                         
                        Step 4switch(config-vpc-domain)# spanning-tree vlan vlan-range priority value  

                        Configures the bridge priority of the VLAN. Valid values are multiples of 4096. The default value is 32768.

                        Note   

                        This value must be identical on both vPC peers.

                         
                        Step 5switch(config-vpn-domain)# exit 

                        Exits the vpc-domain configuration mode.

                         
                        Step 6switch(config)# show spanning-tree summary  (Optional)

                        Displays a summary of the spanning tree port states including the vPC peer switch.

                        Look for the following line in the command output: 
                        vPC peer-switch is enabled (operational)
                         
                        Step 7switch(config)# copy running-config startup-config   (Optional)

                        Saves the change persistently through reboots and restarts by copying the running configuration to the startup configuration.

                         

                        This example shows how to configure a pure vPC peer switch topology:

                        switch# configure terminal 
Enter configuration commands, one per line.  End with CNTL/Z.
switch(config)# vpc domain 5 
switch(config-vpc-domain)# peer-switch
2010 Apr 28 14:44:44 switch %STP-2-VPC_PEERSWITCH_CONFIG_ENABLED: vPC peer-switch 
configuration is enabled. Please make sure to configure spanning tree "bridge" priority as 
per recommended guidelines to make vPC peer-switch operational.
switch(config-vpc-domain)# exit
switch(config)# spanning-tree vlan 1 priority 8192 
switch(config)# show spanning-tree summary 
Switch is in rapid-pvst mode
Root bridge for: VLAN0001-VLAN0050, VLAN0100-VLAN0149, VLAN0200-VLAN0249
  VLAN0300-VLAN0349, VLAN0400-VLAN0599, VLAN0900-VLAN0999
Port Type Default                        is disable
Edge Port [PortFast] BPDU Guard Default  is disabled
Edge Port [PortFast] BPDU Filter Default is disabled
Bridge Assurance                         is enabled
Loopguard Default                        is disabled
Pathcost method used                     is short
vPC peer-switch                          is enabled (operational)
Name                   Blocking Listening Learning Forwarding STP Active
---------------------- -------- --------- -------- ---------- ----------
VLAN0001                     0         0        0         16         16
VLAN0002                     0         0        0         16         16
switch(config)# copy running-config startup-config
switch(config)#

                        Configuring a Hybrid vPC Peer Switch Topology

                        You can configure a hybrid vPC and non-vPC peer switch topology by using the spanning-tree pseudo-information command to change the designated bridge ID so that it meets the STP VLAN-based load-balancing criteria and then change the root bridge ID priority to a value that is better than the best bridge priority. You then enable the peer switch. For more information, see the command reference for your device.


                        Note

                        If you previously configured global spanning tree parameters and you subsequently configure spanning tree pseudo information parameters, be aware that the pseudo information parameters take precedence over the global parameters.

                        Before You Begin

                        Ensure that you have enabled the vPC feature.

                        SUMMARY STEPS

                          1.    switch# configure terminal

                          2.    switch(config)# spanning-tree pseudo-information

                          3.    switch(config-pseudo)# vlan vlan-id designated priority priority

                          4.    switch(config-pseudo)# vlan vlan-id root priority priority

                          5.    switch(config-pseudo)# exit

                          6.    switch(config)# vpc domain domain-id

                          7.    switch(config-vpc-domain)# peer-switch

                          8.    switch(config-vpc-domain)# exit

                          9.    (Optional) switch(config)# show spanning-tree summary

                          10.    (Optional) switch(config)# copy running-config startup-config


                        DETAILED STEPS
                           Command or ActionPurpose
                          Step 1switch# configure terminal  

                          Enters global configuration mode.

                           
                          Step 2switch(config)# spanning-tree pseudo-information  

                          Configures the spanning tree pseudo information.

                          Note   

                          This configuration takes precedence over any global spanning tree configurations.

                           
                          Step 3switch(config-pseudo)# vlan vlan-id designated priority priority  

                          Configures the designated bridge priority of the VLAN. Valid values are multiples of 4096 from 0 to 61440.

                           
                          Step 4switch(config-pseudo)# vlan vlan-id root priority priority 

                          Configures the root bridge priority of the VLAN. Valid values are multiples of 4096 from 0 to 61440.

                          Note   

                          This value must be identical on both vPC peers to have an operational peer switch.

                           
                          Step 5switch(config-pseudo)# exit 

                          Exists spanning tree pseudo information configuration mode.

                           
                          Step 6switch(config)# vpc domain domain-id 

                          Enters the vPC domain number that you want to configure. The system enters the vpc-domain configuration mode.

                           
                          Step 7switch(config-vpc-domain)# peer-switch 

                          Enables the vPC switch pair to appear as a single STP root in the Layer 2 topology.

                          Use the no form of the command to disable the peer switch vPC topology.

                           
                          Step 8switch(config-vpc-domain)# exit 

                          Exits the vpc-domain configuration mode.

                           
                          Step 9switch(config)# show spanning-tree summary  (Optional)

                          Displays a summary of the spanning tree port states including the vPC peer switch.

                          Look for the following line in the command output:

                          vPC peer-switch is enabled (operational)
                           
                          Step 10switch(config)# copy running-config startup-config   (Optional)

                          Saves the change persistently through reboots and restarts by copying the running configuration to the startup configuration.

                           

                          This example shows how to configure a hybrid vPC peer switch topology:

                          switch# configure terminal 
Enter configuration commands, one per line.  End with CNTL/Z.
switch(config)# spanning-tree pseudo-information 
switch(config-pseudo)# vlan 1 designated priority 8192 
switch(config-pseudo)# vlan 1 root priority 4096 
switch(config-pseudo)# exit
switch(config)# vpc domain 5 
switch(config-vpc-domain)# peer-switch
switch(config-vpc-domain)# exit
switch(config)# copy running-config startup-config

                          Verifying the vPC Configuration

                          Use the following commands to display vPC configuration information:

                          Command

                          Purpose
                          switch# show feature

                          Displays whether vPC is enabled or not.
                          switch# show port-channel capacity

                          Displays how many EtherChannels are configured and how many are still available on the switch.
                          switch# show running-config vpc

                          Displays running configuration information for vPCs.

                          switch# show vpc brief

                          Displays brief information on the vPCs.

                          switch# show vpc consistency-parameters

                          Displays the status of those parameters that must be consistent across all vPC interfaces.

                          switch# show vpc peer-keepalive

                          Displays information on the peer-keepalive messages.
                          switch# show vpc role

                          Displays the peer status, the role of the local switch, the vPC system MAC address and system priority, and the MAC address and priority for the local vPC switch.
                          switch# show vpc statistics

                          Displays statistics on the vPCs.

                          Note   

                          This command displays the vPC statistics only for the vPC peer device that you are working on.

                          For information about the switch output, see the Command Reference for your Cisco Nexus Series switch.

                          vPC Default Settings

                          The following table lists the default settings for vPC parameters.

                          Table 1  Default vPC Parameters

                          Parameters

                          Default

                          vPC system priority

                          32667

                          vPC peer-keepalive message

                          Disabled

                          vPC peer-keepalive interval

                          1 second

                          vPC peer-keepalive timeout

                          5 seconds

                          vPC peer-keepalive UDP port

                          3200